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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO Extra 59: Mon 0415 WOR WBCQ 7415 [usually closer to 0418-] Mon 1600 WOR WBCQ after hours [stream has been down] Mon 1800 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru Tue 1400] Tue 1600 WOR WBCQ after hours [stream has been down] Tue 2330 WOR WBCQ 7415 [occasional] Wed 0930 WOR WWCR 9985 Wed 1600 WOR WBCQ after hours [stream has been down] Latest edition of this schedule version, with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL]: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html WORLD OF RADIO Extra 59 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/worx59h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/worx59h.rm [WOR 1283 low, minus WOR opening is same as CONTINENT OF MEDIA 05-05] WORLD OF RADIO Extra 59 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/com0505.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/com0505.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/com0505.html WORLD OF RADIO Extra 59 in true SW sound of Alex`s mp3: (stream) http://www.dxprograms.net/worldofradio_08-10-05.m3u (download) http://www.dxprograms.net/worldofradio_08-10-05.mp3 WORLD OF RADIO Extra 59 downloads in studio-quality mp3: (high) http://www.obriensweb.com/worx59h.mp3 (low) http://www.obriensweb.com/worx59.mp3 WORLD OF RADIO PODCAST: www.obriensweb.com/wor.xml (currently 1277, Extra 57, 1278, 1279, 1280, Extra 58, 1281, 1282, 1283, Extra 59) ** BOLIVIA. 4498.1, Radio Estambul, 2336+, August 06, Spanish, romantic music, TC, 24432. At 0012 heard with messages in Spanish by female: "...reiteramos el mensaje para...", 24442. 4729.8, Radio Virgen de Remedios, Tupiza, 2347+, Spanish, program made by EWTN Catholic World Radio (Radio Católica Mundial), bad audio, strong signal: 34443. 4735.8, Radio Virgen de Remedios, Tupiza, 1055+, August 07, Spanish. Very strong signal!!!!!!, Complete ID as: "está emitiendo Radio Virgen de Remedios... la emision diaria de Radio Virgen de Remedios... a las 7 de la mañana tendremos la transmisión desde nuestra Iglesia matriz. Los invitamos a seguir en sintonia", 45444. 4763.1, Radio Chica, Tocla, 1039+, August 07, Spanish, local songs and announcement by male: "queridos amigos ...escuchamos a Los Solidarios...", 25432 (Arnaldo Slaen, with Hector Goyena, Enrique Wembagher & Gerardo Choren, two Sony ICF2010, a Sony SW55 & a Lowe HF150, DX Camp in Chascomus, 115 km south/east of Buenos Aires city, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. A Rádio Oito de Setembro, de Descalvado (SP), está de volta na freqüência de 2490 kHz, na faixa de 120 metros. É o que informa Samuel Cássio Martins, de São Carlos (SP), que captou a emissora, em 14 de agosto, às 2025. Ele ouviu a identificação: ``Oito de Setembro, Descalvado, São Paulo, transmitindo em 2490 kHz, banda de 120 metros``. A emissora solicita informes de recepção, que devem ser remetidos ao seguinte endereço: Rádio Oito de Setembro, Rua José Bonifácio, 765, CEP: 13690-000, Descalvado (SP). BRASIL – A Rádio Difusora do Amazonas, de Manaus (AM), transmite, em 4805 kHz, no seguinte esquema: entre 0930 e 1330 e das 1500 às 0100. Os contatos na emissora são Josué Filho e Fezinha de Souza Anzoatégui. A direção postal da emissora é a seguinte: Avenida Eduardo Ribeiro, 639, 20º andar, CEP: 69010-001, Manaus (AM). E-mail: fesinha @ uol.com.br (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX Aug 14 via DXLD) ** CANADA. A lockout is presumed to begin at 0401 UT August 15th affecting employees nationwide except in Quebec and Moncton, New Brunswick. CBC TO LOCK OUT 5,500 EMPLOYEES: UNION CBC News Last Updated Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:34:47 EDT from cbc.ca Union officials say the CBC will lock out about 5,500 employees at midnight on Sunday after contract talks broke down – a move that will force the broadcaster to scale back its TV, radio and online programming (Wade Smith, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Just as a labour dispute looms, CBC is boasting about how well it's doing in Toronto: http://www3.cbc.ca/sections/newsitem_redux.asp?ID=4095 CBC RADIO REACHES NEW HIGH IN LISTENERSHIP, BBM RESULTS SHOW CBC Radio One 99.1 continues its dominance of morning radio in Toronto. Metro Morning (weekdays, 6-8:30 a.m. [EDT = UT -4]) maintained its position as the No. 1 morning radio show in Toronto; over the last book there as been a two per cent jump in market share to 12.6 per cent. Metro Morning has increased its audience by 22 per cent to 428,100 listeners. BBM results also indicate that more people listen to CBC News both local and network (World Report - weekdays at 6, 7 and 8 a.m.) over any other newscast in their time periods in Toronto. CBC Radio is Toronto`s top source for news and information, according to the latest BBM results released today, achieving the highest audience numbers in close to a decade with an average weekly audience of 621,200 listeners. CBC Radio has seen an increase of 13 per cent in audience across the board and has leapt to number two overall in the market. All of CBC Radio`s local afternoon programming showed a marked increase in rank and share in the Toronto market. Ontario Today, CBC`s noon hour show (noon to 2 p.m.) boasts a 23 per cent weekly audience reach, and Here and Now`s (weekdays, 3:30-6 p.m.) audience has increased by 17 per cent. Both World at Six (weekdays 6 pm) and current affairs show As it Happens (weekdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.) continue to shine in Toronto with a more than 3 point jump in market share, strengthening their number 1 positions. ``This is a wonderful endorsement of a lot of hard work by a dedicated group of people,`` said Susan Marjetti, CBC Radio regional director in Toronto. ``CBC Radio is clearly providing programming that reflects the diversity of Toronto and quality news broadcasts that matter to Torontonians. We look forward to attracting even more listeners as we move into the fall season`` (via Ricky Leong, DXLD) ** CHINA. Explosives banned in Shanghai --- This sign above the metro entrance in Shanghai is not a joke, nor is it a recent move to prevent the kind of events we saw in London. There are quite a lot of suicide bombings in China, but we don't get to hear about it. This story is an exception... (sign says: No Carrying Combustibles and Explosives in Metro) Thanks to John Robb's weblog, Global Guerilla's for pointing this out. From BBC news A man has detonated a home-made bomb on a bus in the Chinese city of Fuzhou, killing himself and injuring at least 31 others, state media has reported. The bomber was a 42-year-old farmer suffering from terminal lung cancer, Xinhua news agency said. The blast is reported to have ripped the side of the bus apart, and shattered nearby shop windows. Home- made bomb attacks are relatively common in China, often carried out by people angry at the authorities. The motive for Monday's attack is unclear, but it follows criticism by medical professionals that the costs of healthcare have risen beyond the means of many people living in rural areas. There were more than a thousand reported bombings last year. Most go unreported by the country's tightly-controlled state media (via Jonathan Marks, Critical Distance blog Aug 8 via DXLD) ** COSTA RICA. 5054.5, Faro del Caribe (Presumed), San José, 1012+, August 07, Spanish, long religious talk, announcing phone number at 1029, pips at 1030 but not ID. 25442 (Arnaldo Slaen, with Hector Goyena, Enrique Wembagher & Gerardo Choren, two Sony ICF2010, a Sony SW55 & a Lowe HF150, DX Camp in Chascomus, 115 km south/east of Buenos Aires city, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) 5054.6, Radio Faro del Caribe (Tentative), Aug 13, 1113-1131, religious singing in Spanish, long talk (sermon?), no ID. Was weak, but the best signal so far (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340, with T2FD antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. This may be news: for a long time, DXers in Florida have detected a second, much weaker R. Rebelde transmitter on 1180, besides the strong one near Habana obviously to block R. Martí. But where is it? An ID clip of R. Rebelde on the Aug 14 `La Rosa de Tokio` show from LS11, probably off a webcast, happened to mention that its frequencies in Santiago de Cuba are 650 --- and 1180. The latter is not listed in WRTH 2005 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not to say there isn't a Rebelde transmitter in Santiago de Cuba (if they announce, there must be one there), but there's no way I am hearing one (or seemingly even two) local daytime (weak and messy signals) from extreme eastern Cuba [Santiago]. Daytime signals generally cease at or before Villa Clara province here. Progreso is listed from SdC, so it could be a net flip of the same transmitter. But who the hell knows, it's impossible to figure out any more --- except that the weak signal I have daytime is not SdC. Coastal west coast Florida vs. east coast result in vastly different reception (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida USA 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, it does make sense for them to have several 1180 transmitters around the island to help block Martí (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, You are right on target. The mystery R. Rebelde 1180 is CMJW located in the Santiago de Cuba province town of Mayari Arriba, about 45 km NNE of Santiago de Cuba proper. Occasionally in the Dominican Republic we can get an echo effect with the mixing on CMJW and Havana (?) airing the same network (Jerry Kiefer, Port Orange, FL, Puerto Plata, Dom. Rep., NRC-AM via DXLD) I have had the echo effect on the Cuban stations on 1180 while trying to null them to get a good tape on a couple of the Mexican stations that can be heard here. While I'm not all that interested in Cuban loggins, ID'ing the second one is of interest here (Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon, Krum TX, ibid.) Also on 6612??? See UNIDENTIFIED ** CUBA. CONOCIENDO LA HISTORIA DE RADIO CIUDAD DEL MAR Cienfuegos figura entre las primeras ciudades de Cuba que tuvieron emisoras radiales, de ellas, la de mayor importancia histórica en la Perla del Sur es Radio Ciudad del Mar, anteriormente denominada CMHU Radio Tiempo, y en sus inicios CMHM. Radio Ciudad del Mar forma junto a las emisoras municipales Radio Cumanayagua (fundada el 24 de diciembre de 2003), y Radio Cruces (inaugurada el 5 de septiembre de 2004) el sistema provincial de radio en Cienfuegos. Es por esa razón que hemos intentado hacer un recuento histórico de la planta radial que iniciara sus transmisiones el 1 de julio de 1936, y que en la actualidad lleva el mensaje radial por sus frecuencias de los 1340 y 1350 kilohertz al territorio sureño. . . (sacado de http://www.rcm.cu/historiarcm/historia.htm via Rubén Guillermo Margenet, Conexión Digital Aug 14 via DXLD) ** CUBA. CONOCIENDO LA HISTORIA DE RADIO PROGRESO El 15 de diciembre de 1929 hace 75 años Radio Progreso llegó por primera vez a los hogares cubanos. La fiebre de la radio en Cuba había hecho mella en el ciudadano Domingo Fernández, dueño en la década del veinte del establecimiento de efectos eléctricos "El Progreso Cubano", situado en Máximo Gómez 139, exactamente el mismo lugar donde, quedó inaugurada su emisora radial, identificada con el nombre de su establecimiento. . . (from http://www.radioprogreso.cu/historia.php via Rubén Guillermo Margenet, Conexión Digital Aug 14 via DXLD) ** CUBA. See also VENEZUELA [non] ** CUBA [non]. Glenn: -- If one navigates to http://maps.google.com one can go to Satellite photos of the Florida Keys. Stagger back & forth between the "map" and "satellite", to find Cudjoe Key (just West of Marathon). Then, using the "satellite" application, zoom into max. magnification, and head toward the North part of the island. You'll see a white Airship, parked on the ground, at what the "map" portion IDs as a U.S.A.F. installation. The map calls the access route, "Blimp Rd." -- Your TV Martí/tax dollars at play! (GREG HARDISON, L.Á., Aug 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. POLITICA / TELESUR: NO PARA CUBANOS El nuevo juguete mediático del discípulo amado, la televisora Telesur, también estará vedada para al televidente cubano. El "más alto nivel de dirección política del país" así lo determinó. Las razones son obvias. Existe el temor de que la "CNN de los pueblos" abra un incómodo espacio de opción independiente. Entre otras cosas le quitaría espacio a la Mesa Redonda. Ni qué decir sobre los discursos desconsideradamente largos del Comandante. Aunque el proyecto es político en su esencia, nada tiene comparación con el bloqueo informativo que se impone al pueblo cubano. Ni el discurso del coro zurdo latinoamericano le parece bueno al régimen. Lo que sucede en Cuba bajo el régimen castrista es único en su género. Sólo una dictadura absoluta como la impuesta hace 46 años, da la medida de la infinita maldad de este régimen. El proyecto televisivo chavista está dirigido a ofrecer una imagen mediática a tono con las ambiciones y proyecciones del eje Chávez-Castro. No obstante, esta proyección tendenciosa y su muy discutible objetividad se quedan por debajo de las expectativas totalitarias del régimen de La Habana. Por lo pronto, quizás algún funcionario pague con su cabeza la ingenuidad de concertar el establecimiento de Telesur como otra opción para el televidente de la Isla. Algo parecido sucedió años atrás con los "perestroikos". Estos creyeron de buena fe que los aires de reforma que corrían en aquel momento en la URSS terminarían por llegar a nuestras costas. Al menos como el alivio de una suave y refrescante brisa. Error. Pensaron estar ante un sistema político. Se trataba sólo de una dictadura. Una dictadura caribeña tan bananera y machista como las demás. Sólo que más vieja, más resabiosa, más desgastada y más cruel. Por supuesto, terminalmente temerosa de su inevitable final. Se avecina un dilema ético para el coro zurdo latinoamericano: un país que copatrocina Telesur, donde no se permite el acceso libre de los ciudadanos a sus emisiones. Menudo problema con el que tendrán que lidiar los periodistas de la onda bolivariana. Fidel Castro y Hugo Chávez tratan de hacer potable y justificar la raíz de sus procesos a partir de la supuesta relectura política de Bolívar y Martí. Mientras Chávez bolivariza con petrodólares, consignas y populismo, Castro toca fondo y parece haber agotado su viejo y aburrido discurso. Resulta lógico el temor. Cualquier error puede desestabilizar el tinglado. Desde alguna protesta estudiantil en alguna oscura provincia de un rincón perdido del mundo hasta una huelga intrascendente en demanda de más salarios. Los gobiernos impopulares siempre caminan sobre el filo de una navaja. El peor enemigo de las dictaduras es el pueblo que las sufre. Al gobierno de La Habana todo le ha entrado en crisis. Han pasado cosas. El movimiento opositor ha conquistado lo que hasta hace muy poco sólo existía en los sueños de sus fundadores. Ya tiene un poder de convocatoria básico. Los vecinos de Centro Habana que el pasado 13 de julio le plantaron cara a la porra castrista, lo hicieron al saber que "la gente de los Derechos Humanos" estaba en las calles. Salieron a dar respaldo a los suyos. Fue lo más hermoso ocurrido este año. La mejor recompensa para el dolor de los presos políticos, para los muertos inocentes del remolcador 13 de Marzo. Los vecinos de Centro Habana no salieron alentados por la quimera de un éxodo. Por primera vez --- al menos en La Habana --- dieron la espalda al mar y el frente a sus verdugos. Es por esto que el régimen no puede conceder amplios espacios a una televisora de izquierda, por más antinorteamericana y tercer mundista que sea. No habrá Telesur, no con acceso libre y a cualquier horario. Enhorabuena. Después de todo, y al cabo de tanto sufrimiento, el pueblo de Cuba merece más. Está ganando su derecho supremo a ser libre. Tesesur es peccata minuta. COPIADO DE LA EDICION ELECTRONICA "LA NUEVA CUBA". CubaNet News - Noticias de Cuba / http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y05/ago05/04a8.htm (via Óscar de Céspedes, EU, Conexión Digital via DXLD) OTOH/EC: CUBANOS COMIENZAN A VER TELESUR La señal de Telesur, un canal de televisión creado por varios países de la región a fin de dar una "visión latinoamericana" del acontecer mundial, comenzó a ser percibida en Cuba pero sólo a través de un resumen insertado en un canal local. "A partir de este lunes 1 de agosto, el Canal Educativo 2 ofrecerá diariamente una selección de una hora de lo mejor de Telesur, el nuevo canal latinoamericano", anunció una nota difundida en todos los periódicos de la isla. . . El mismo 24 de julio, en coincidencia con la presentación de Telesur, su corresponsalía en Cuba ya hizo una transmisión experimental, explicó a la AP Rodobaldo Díaz Olivera, productor de la cadena en la isla. Según el responsable se espera enviar unas 15 "piezas informativas" cada mes desde La Habana. Se prevé que la señal de Telesur llegue a través de cable o por frecuencia abierta a Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Uruguay, Guatemala, República Dominicana y Brasil entre otros Estados. Para el caso de Cuba hasta ahora sólo se espera el resumen anunciado que cada día se difundirá en los canales locales. "Por ahora, que yo conozca, se van a transmitir los condensados (resúmenes) de una hora, además de que nuestras notas se usan en los noticieros domésticos (cubanos)", comentó Díaz (El Nuevo Herald? via Oscar de Céspedes, Estados Unidos, Conexión Digital via DXLD) See also ** ECUADOR [and non]. Re the comments in 5-134 about interference to DXPL direct from HCJB on 12005 kHz at 1230 UT Sat: So far, reception of that here in St. Louis has been clearly understandable, without noticeable Cuban interference that I can recall. Of course, even if I DO wake up and hear this program from the beginning, I am often asleep again sometimes during it so my apprehension of such interference could be doubtful... :-) 73, (Will Martin, MO, Aug 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I caught the last part of it Aug 13, noting their mistakes in last issue, and RHC was on 12000, but HCJB was much stronger so Cuba was not a problem on this occasion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata, 2033+, August 06, Vernacular, local songs, 45554 (Arnaldo Slaen, with Hector Goyena, Enrique Wembagher & Gerardo Choren, two Sony ICF2010, a Sony SW55 & a Lowe HF150, DX Camp in Chascomus, 115 km south/east of Buenos Aires city, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE (Ethiopia) (Presumed), 9560.10, Voice of the Democratic Alliance (Presumed) via Radio Ethiopia. Noted something here on August the 14th, from 1520 to 1542. Initially heard very distinctive Horn of Africa music, then male speaker with a political commentary in Arabic. At 1526 mention something about the 'Broadcasting Alliance' in English. This was followed with more horn of Africa instrumental music with singers. This was followed at 1528 with another speaker but in a different language (not Arabic) with mention something about a BBC report. Brief HofA music, then into a news commentary by the same speaker at 1530 with clear mentions of Washington, Ethiopia, Eritrea. Bits of instrumental music was played during this commentary. Art 1535 mentioned something about the recent death of the VP of Ethiopia, with interview clip. By 1542 pretty much the signal was lost in the noise floor. Even tho no ID was heard I suspect it's this station with the programming and the nature of the music played. Any confirmation of this? Best on the home-brew Loop (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Canada, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 7110, R. Ethiopia, 0326-0340, August 8, Vernacular, Lively HoA music, OM at 0330 with ID and (Presumably) news. Booming. // 9704v-poor (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R75, 200' Beverage antennas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15670, Voice of Ethiopian Salvation via DTK-Julich Aug.14. 1646-1659* Noted with H.of A. music, then a clear mention for 'democratica Ethiopian Medhin' then a 'radio politico' hosted by a male speaker in presumed Amharic. 1656 gave some information about their station, then H.of A. music followed. Noted to 1659 sign-off, after which at *1700 Voice of Democratic Eritrea signed on with H.of A. opening I.S. then into broadcast (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Canada, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Saludos cordiales, escuchada el 13 de Agosto por los 3910 kHz emisora NO ID, desde las 2027 a 2049, locutor en inglés presentando temas musicales, programa de música pop, folk y rock, entre otros a los míticos "Deep Purple", SINPO 34332. En principio pensé en la estación Irlandesa Reflections Europe, emitiendo por esa frecuencia, pero parece ser que sólo emite los domingos. [Luego:] Saludos cordiales, identificada emisora escuchada en los 3910 kHz: se trata de la emisora pirata Radio Spaceman, gracias a Marcel en HCDX que tambien la escuchó. Atentamente (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, SANGEAN ATS 909, Antena telescópica, Noticias DX via DXLD) "Radio Spaceman", a Dutch Pirate station, (East Netherlands) has been using 3910 kHz a couple of times over the weekend. Heard here in Guernsey (UK) at 2345 UT on 13th July. He uses English frequently. Maybe this is the unID...? 73's (Robin Banneville, Guernsey Chan. Isles. (UK), HCDX via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Re .rm files on the dxld yg: Problems with Sound files --- Hi Erik, I use Real Player 8 Basic and all your files play without problem. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, dxldlyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. VIETNAM TO FUND BROADCASTING STATION IN SOUTHERN LAOS | Text of report in English by Vietnamese radio text website on 14 August Vietnam will help Laos build a radio-TV broadcasting station in the southern Lao province of Champassak. An agreement to this effect was signed in Vientiane on 12 August by representatives of the Public Information Department under the Ministry of Information and Culture of Laos, and the Vietnam Television. The Vietnamese government will contribute 29.5 gigadong to the 30 gigadong [approx 1.9 US megadollars] project, which is scheduled to be completed by September 2006. It is one of the four projects to build radio and television stations in Laos under an economic, cultural and sci-tech cooperation agreement between the Vietnamese and Lao governments. Source: Voice of Vietnam text website, Hanoi, in English 14 Aug 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** LATVIA. 9290, European Music Radio, 2022+, August 06, English, pops, many identifications in English and an ID in Spanish!!!!!!!!!!: "...transmitiendo en onda corta para Europa". ID in English: "Transmitting in short wave for Europe", Other ID as: "This is EMR, European Music Radio", 45554 (Arnaldo Slaen, with Hector Goyena, Enrique Wembagher & Gerardo Choren, two Sony ICF2010, a Sony SW55 & a Lowe HF150, DX Camp in Chascomus, 115 km south/east of Buenos Aires city, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) ** LIBERIA. 5470, Radio Veritas, Monrovia, 2102+, August 06, English, news by female, 25432; also 2212+, ID as: "...Radio Veritas... broadcasting from Monrovia", news, 25542 (Arnaldo Slaen, with Hector Goyena, Enrique Wembagher & Gerardo Choren, two Sony ICF2010, a Sony SW55 & a Lowe HF150, DX Camp in Chascomus, 115 km south/east of Buenos Aires city, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) ** MAURITANIA. 4845, Radio Mauritania, Nouakchott, 2043+, August 06, Arabic/Vernacular, short talk in each language. 24442 with QRM from Radio Muncipal, Caranavi, Bolivia. Also 0004+, August 07, French!!!!!, bulletin news read by male. Mentions of "democracy", "constitution", "new government". At 0008 UT followed in Arabic, 34443 (Arnaldo Slaen, with Hector Goyena, Enrique Wembagher & Gerardo Choren, two Sony ICF2010, a Sony SW55 & a Lowe HF150, DX Camp in Chascomus, 115 km south/east of Buenos Aires city, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. Hola a todos: A partir de las cero horas del lunes 15 de Agosto de 2005 ``La radio de los ciudadanos`` se cambia de XEQK-AM a XEDTL-AM. Por lo que respecta a los formatos, regresa ``La Hora Exacta``, pero desaparece ``Canela 660, al ritmo de tu ciudad``. Y es así como quedarán dos estaciones del Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER): XEQK-AM 1350 kHz en ``La hora exacta`` y XEDTL-AM 660 kHz en ``La radio de los ciudadanos``. En mi opinión, cambian de estación a la radio de los ciudadanos por cuestiones políticas ya que tendrá mayor cobertura en los 660 kHz (con 50,000 watts diurnos) que en los 1350 kHz (con 5,000 watts diurnos). Espero que continué por más tiempo XEQK-AM como ``La hora exacta``, ya que antes de que cambiaran el formato de esta estación a la radio de los ciudadanos, la emisora ``XEQK`` fue una tradición por más de 61 años en la radiodifusión mexicana al dar minuto a minuto la hora exacta proporcionada por el Centro Nacional de Meteorología. Atentamente, (Roberto Edgar Gómez Morales, México, Aug 14, Noticias DX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. We are in Tepic with our story and with IVAN we started the visit arriving at GRUPO RADIO KORITA located at AVENIDA INSURGENTES 1046, COLONIA ELRODEO, 63060 TEPIC stations: 93.70 RADIO SENSACION + STEREO VIDA 95.30 MHz & 840 kHz + Radio KORITA 710 kHz +RADIOHITS 1020kHz .... but ...strange no trace of life apparently ...door closed...no lights ...a car outside in the street with painted logos ... a murales with logos ...so we do some souvenirs photos .... but in reality some guard in the studios remarked our ...activity ....and ...some our later our departure from TEPIC ...the police of TEPIC visited our friend .... ORIGINAL MESSAGE FROM IVAN LOPEZ ALEGRIA : Bueno, como anécdota para que puedas platicarla también te comento que ayer por la tarde (7 de la tarde) recibí la visita de la policía municipal en la casa. Buscaban a alguien que tiene un carro jetta color negro con las placas (láminas de circulación) mías. El gerente de Radio Korita reportó a la policía telefónicamente a 3 personas muy sospechosas que llegaron a sus instalaciones y además de tomar muchas fotos de los exteriores tenían una actitud muy rara a bordo de una VW Jetta negro. Este señor estaba muy pero muy asustado y comentó que suponía que nosotros queríamos secuestrarlo; por eso de las fotos. De hecho hizo una denuncia por un posible secuestro. Hubo necesidad de explicarle al comandante de policía la situación y porque no pudimos hablar con nadie para comentarle el motivo de nuestra visita a la emisora ya que no fuimos atendidos ni siquiera por el velador. También le dije que no era la primera vez que visitaba la emisora, ya lo había hecho en varias ocasiones. Yo creo que es mentira que el gerente estaba en esos momentos en la emisora cuando llegamos ya que el lugar "reservado" de estacionamiento para el "gerente" estaba vacio; además los otros carros que vimos son muy viejos para que sean del gerente. Pienso que había alguna persona adentro (que no vimos) y que tampoco quiso abrirnos la puerta la que llamó a la policía; después se comunicaron con el gerente y este último debió armar todo ese "escándalo". Afortunadamente la policía me interrogó y entrevistó por unos 20 minutos y luego de verificar el carro y mis documentos de identificación pasaron a retirarse comentándome que harían su informe sin novedad a su jefe inmediato. Hoy por la tarde me comuniqué a la emisora para hablar con su gerente y explicarle también lo sucedido pero me dijeron que él ya estaba de vacaciones y que regresa en una semana ó dos. Bueno, ya haré otra visita a este dichoso "núcleo de Radio Korita". What to add to this incredible happening ??? the world is full of idiots ??? The guard man often thinks to be the actors of some rambo moovie ??? Radio Korita group is a unfriendly station?? Do not try to visit them.. you may finish in the jail ?!!!!! http://www.grk.com.mx/ if you try their WEB page NO RESULTS .... another confirmation this group is going very badly... and probably has some problems with ...other people .... may be gangsters ....asking for money .... and so the guard man supposed we were trying to kill him.... WOOOW a real sciarada story .... (Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) RADIO FORMULA in MAZATLAN. Operating on 91.30 MHz & 1470 kHz .... with localprograms of 2 hours in the morning 0900-1100 and all day 2-3 minutes local spots every 30 minutes before the hour.... we met Gerente de Ventas NICOLAS AGUILAR PAEZ ...very curious to understand why we visited him... he understood finally and so the ICE was broken... he kindly gave to us a carpeta with interesting maps coverage area and informations sheets... no stickers sorry .... he also told us ...his son living in Hermosillo, SONORA finally after 5 years of legal fights obtained the authorisation to open 95.50 MHz RADIO BEMBA HERMOSILLO !!!! web : http://www.radiobembafm.org slogan "LA DEMOCRACIA DE LAS CALLES !!!!" EMAIL : info @ radiobembafm.org A real new station with political programs ... finally legalised after many years of pirates transmissions.... A real pity we are not visiting Hermosillo area this time .... next travel to Mexico we will surely do it !!!! (Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) Viz.: Este lunes la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes entrego a Comunicadores del Desierto A. C., figura legal de Radiobemba FM, el título de permiso para operar durante 7 años en Hermosillo, Sonora. Radiobemba, surge en esta zona del norte del país por la necesidad de construir un espacio radiofónico donde la sociedad civil tenga participación de manera activa, y que sirva de vehículo para la organización de la misma sociedad y para la toma de decisiones en la vida diaria. La propuesta de la radio es promover en radio los temas que son pasados por alto por la radio concesionada, como los derechos humanos, medio ambiente, salud sexual y reproductiva, género y cultura alternativa, con el objeto de contribuir a su difusión y reflexión, destacando su relevancia e interés para el desarrollo de la comunidad. El proyecto implica que en este espacio radiofónico los jóvenes y las agrupaciones civiles pueden encontrar un medio para expresar sus actividades, proyectos, avisos, manifestaciones culturales y demás mensajes en beneficio de la región. Con la entrega de este permiso suman ya 10 emisoras comunitarias que cuentan con la autorización legal para operar durante los próximos siete años, lo que es un gran avance en nuestro país, pues desde hace 39 años el Estado mexicano no había emitido ningún permiso para emisoras con perfil comunitario ya que el marco jurídico actual en materia de radio y televisión tiene serias deficiencias y aplica una normatividad que deja de lado el ejercicio de los derechos humanos, como lo es la libertad de expresión y pensamiento, violando con ello los estándares internacionales mínimos en la materia. En su momento la Corte Interamericana recalcó la prohibición de discriminación, en su Opinión Consultiva OC 5/85, sobre La colegiación obligatoria de periodistas que: ``[S]i en principio la libertad de expresión requiere que los medios de comunicación social estén virtualmente abiertos a todos sin discriminación, o, más exactamente, que no haya individuos o grupos que, a priori, estén excluidos del acceso a tales medios, exige igualmente ciertas condiciones respecto de éstos, de manera que, en la práctica, sean verdaderos instrumentos de esa libertad y no vehículos para restringirla. Son los medios de comunicación social los que sirven para materializar el ejercicio de la libertad de expresión, de tal modo que sus condiciones de funcionamiento deben adecuarse a los requerimientos de esa libertad […] [1]. (Resaltado del Original) En especifico sobre los medios comunitarios la Relatoría para la Libertad de Expresión de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) en sus observaciones preliminares respecto de México ha expresado que: ``dada la importancia que pueden tener estos canales comunitarios para el ejercicio de la libertad de expresión, resulta inadmisible el establecimiento de marcos legales discriminatorios o formas de dilación que obstaculicen la adjudicación de frecuencias a radios comunitarias... El Estado mexicano, en su función de administrador de las ondas del espectro radioeléctrico debería promover las reglamentaciones que permitan asignarlas de acuerdo a criterios democráticos que garanticen una igualdad de oportunidades a todos los individuos en el acceso a los mismos``[2] Por todo lo anterior es indispensable una reforma Integral a la Ley Federal de Radio y Televisión que atienda a los estándares internacionales en materia de libertad de pensamiento y expresión y el derecho a la información, y se reconozca y de certidumbre jurídica a radios comunitarias a fin de evitar cualquier discriminación. Las organizaciones firmantes saludamos el otorgamiento del permiso a Radiobemba FM, y reconocemos el cumplimiento que hiciera el gobierno federal en diciembre pasado, en el sentido de que se darían los permisos a todas aquellas emisoras comunitarias que se atuvieron a los requisitos de ley para operar dichos medios, por lo que esperamos que sigan dándose los espacios de diálogo para generar una política pública que de condiciones de equidad y sustentabilidad a los medios de los grupos ciudadanos de nuestro país. Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias AMARC-México Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos. Asociación Mexicana de derecho a la información A.C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Los Mohicanos La radiodifusora se pensaría que mantiene como elemento de radicación kilos de wtts. Lo que hace a nuestra Radiobemba, es si no el aire oxigenado de los que nos muestras pulmones y almas en un fuerte abrazo y una mirada solidaria de quienes llegan a nuestra casa. Los Mohicanos llegaron un día en que la radio rebasaba los 10 meses en ``Off``, Los mohicanos son un ``conjunto de provincianos`` del norte de Francia. Llegaron al norte mexicano, la identificación fue de facto, sin que pesara el abismo de PIB entre los países, la guerra de los pasteles o las tropas de Napoleón III que trajeron a Maximiliano, en siglo XIX a México, (bueno a Sonora no llegaron) Leo, Rafael, Sebastián, Ricardo, Bastian, Wendol, Sedric, cada uno nos dio el oxígeno para que estos meses que hemos esperado reiniciar nuestras emisiones se ``resetearan``. La espera terminó. Estos Mohicanos nos dieron la alegría de una autorización para trasmitir que aún no llega. Los soñadores estamos en todas partes. Hemos vuelto a junio 4 del 2004. Los Mohicanos hoy son Radiobemba, Radiobemba hoy son los Mohicanos. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tercera llamada, tercera... En los meses fuera del aire (exactamente el 4 de junio, día en el que el Tadeo cumplió sus 33 años) ni la desesperación mucho menos el aburrimiento han rebasado los días en off, los sueños y los grandes preparativos para el primer día de retransmisión (sin fecha precisa), se han vuelto el nuevo quehacer de este proyecto de obsesionados por la democratización de los medios. Los diagnósticos de todos aquellos que pierden el sueño o al menos alguna siestesita por nuestra suerte, que al parecer en algunos casos se ponen a lagrimear por el posible permiso que podamos ser portadores. Diciembre llegó con los primeros permisos para los miembros de la red de AMARC; Radio Jen Poj de Oaxaca y Uandhari de Michoacán fueron los primeros. Hoy mismo Radio Erandi de ese mismo estado marca el séptimo permiso arrancado a la SCT con la incansable gestión de Aleida Calleja en la representación de nuestra red. Radio Calenda, La Voladora radio y Radiobemba FM son los proyectos que hasta el día 9 de febrero término administrativo en el que la SCT debió haber contestado a la solicitud de permiso, no lo ha hecho. Lo visible de nuestro proyecto en el panorama de la radio independiente por su altermundismo y sustentabiliadad es la amenaza que han sentido algunos sectores con prominentes influencias en la autoridad; el fantasma de radiobemba Fm recorre Hermosillo, dicen los concesionarios. Este escenario ya lo teníamos dibujado en las variables de esta empresa por el permiso, si la negociación con la secretaria de Cerisola fue que dejar de trasmitir, cedimos, para que nos recibieran la solicitud que nos habían negado meses atrás por estar al aire. La moneda en el aire esta girando desde entonces, la discrecionalidad otorgada por la anacrónica ley federal de radio y televisión, la mantiene asomando el sí y en ocasiones el no, pero sin caer al suelo para que el volado acabe, o mas bien termine el primer ining. Esta semana que pasó nos tocó ir al bate, sólo que con nuevo umpire: el juez de distrito en materia administrativa que envió la señal de 15 días hábiles a la SCT para que deje de hacer peripecias con la moneda en levitación. Que la gravedad del tiempo, la haga caer. La Fecha pactada es entre el 6 y 8 de abril, noticia que daremos a conocer de inmediato por este medio. Por lo pronto reiniciamos transmisiones este día último de marzo por stream en internet, esperando estar muy pronto al aire. La democracia de las calles en Frecuencia Modulda. Colectivo Radiobemba FM Marzo 14 del 2005 (from above website) WTFK? Now on 95.5, apparently they were on 103.3 before as a pirate. Brought up their webcast, just music at the moment, and their Programming page is Not Found. And what does Bemba mean? The homepage also links to an interesting worldwide event: http://www.ciclonudista.net/inicio_en.htm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. BONILLA CHAPTER VIII - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS CGC readers have asked several questions about the Bonilla case; the most common ones are paraphrased below in a question and answer format: Q. ERI seems to have made a case against the directional antenna pattern claimed by XHBCE-FM on Cerro Bola. Has Mr. Bonilla said anything in his defense? A. A response has come from Broadcast Company of the Americas (BCA) in a letter to the FCC dated August 5, 2005. In it, Dr. Ali Mahnad stated that he was instrumental in the design of the antenna and that non-obvious slots and parasitics were incorporated as pattern shaping tools. However, Dr. Mahnad provided no direct evidence to support his claim and did not certify his response under penalty of perjury, so his Declaration must either be taken on faith or disregarded. BCA's attorney continued his pattern of saying some things that are technically incorrect, and not saying other things that should be important to address. BCA commented on the Cerro Bola 8-bay antenna issue only. BCA did not respond to Lazer's request for detailed information on the XHBCE Cerro Grande directional antenna, did not discuss the 4-bay antenna recently discovered on Cerro Bola and has not addressed any of the fraud allegations in Lazer's pleading (CGC #698). Q. Have any papers been published on slant wire directionalization for AM stations? A. Yes. Grant Bingeman's paper from Continental Electronics is a wonderful resource. It is available on the web and easy to read. There are two well known slant wire installations in Mexico: XEWB in Veracruz and XEQI in Monterrey. In both of these cases, the stations are internationally notified as being non-directional, and the intent of the slant wires is to increase the signal strengths in directions away from the U.S., so it is unlikely that the U.S. would object to the use of slant wires in those instances. Contrast the Veracruz and Monterrey cases to the three Bonilla AM stations (XESS, XESDD and XEKTT) which are close to the U.S./Mexican border, are notified as being multi-tower directionals (to protect the U.S.), but in fact have only single towers and internationally unauthorized slant wires. The Bingeman paper is available at http://www.contelec.com/Files/amitra.pdf It does not address the issues of skywave protection or slant wire sag, however. Q. Any truth to the rumor that BCA has told the FCC that it doesn't need a Section 325(c) permit to send programming across the U.S./ Mexican border? A. Yes. BCA told the Commission that if a 325 permit was not issued for XHBCE's new Cerro Bola transmitter plant, and "....if listeners in the San Diego area are to continue to receive "El Cucuy" [a program produced in Los ángeles] at all," one option is that "the licensee of XHBCE-FM will be forced to attempt to obtain "El Cucuy" elsewhere including, potentially, from other Mexican stations who would receive the program pursuant to Section 325 authorizations already issued by the FCC" (page 2 of BCA's July 29, 2005 letter to the FCC). Since this looks like an end-run around the FCC's 325 requirement, we'll let the FCC sort this one out. Please hold any further questions; ultimately the FCC will decide the issues. THANKS TO MR. HAL GRIGSBY --- Three CGC Communicator readers remind us that the just-concluded U.S./Mexico High Level Consultative Commission meeting in Mexico City owes much of its success to the hard work and devotion of Mr. Hal Grigsby at the U.S. Department of State. As many of you will recall, Mr. Grigsby was the engineer in charge of the San Diego FCC field office for many years. Put simply, Mr. G. knows what works (and does not work) when it comes to preventing cross-border radio frequency interference problems through policy decisions. Both the U.S. and Mexico are fortunate to have him working on new agreements to foster new radio services on both sides of the border, and to avert long- term problems. (If any of you have personal notes on Mr. Grigsby's counterpart/s in Mexico, please send them our way.) http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2005/50826.htm (THE CGC COMMUNICATOR CGC #700 Monday, August 15, 2005, Robert F. Gonsett, W6VR, Editor, via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO [and non]. CROSS BORDER PERMIT GRANTED --- A Section 325(c) permit to electronically send audio programming across the U.S./Mexican border to XETRA, 690 kHz, Rosarito (near Tijuana), Mexico, has been granted to GLR Networks, LLC. If you download the URL below, note the humorous error inside the INFORMATIVE box, in the second paragraph where XETRA(AM) is required to "abide by the terms of the 1992 USA-Mexico FM Broadcast Agreement." An AM station will be challenged to comply with an FM agreement. (Thanks to Eric Schecter for noticing the snafu.) http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-260518A1.pdf (THE CGC COMMUNICATOR CGC #700 Monday, August 15, 2005, Robert F. Gonsett, W6VR, Editor, via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO [and non]. The aptly-named Finest City Broadcasting steps in as the go-between, taking control later this year from Clear Channel (as mandated by FCC rules) of Tijuana border-blasters XHTZ/90.3 (Top 40), XETRA-FM/91.1 ("91X", Alternative Rock), and XHRM/92.5 (Urban Oldies). Broadcast veteran Mike Glickenhaus heads up the operation, which involves the three ratings-contenders in the San Diego market. Chris Carmichael of http://www.sdradio.net speculates about the future of one more CC-Border dweller, XHOCL/99.3 ("Cool Oldies", down that way). Chris says a potential buyer could be Grupo Prisa, the Madrid- based firm behind the purchase of AM-blaster XETRA/690. - In response to the impending loss of XETRA's Adult Standards format, Saul Levine has expanded his competitive machine into "full service" mode, adding hourly NBC top-of-hour newscasts to his "Unforgettables" offering, heard in SoCal over L.A.'s KKGO/1260 and the rented-out XESURF/540, covering the area from Tijuana (Greg Hardison, CA, Broadcast Band Update Aug 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Full UD appears in the dxldyg ** MEXICO. XEPE Rosarito, BCN MX Fox Sport // XEPRS / but becomes ``Cash 1700`` with new format in August (Tony King, X-Band at a Glance, Aug NZ DX Times via DXLD) This was the only change highlighted in bold to previous listings, mostly USA. XEUT 1630 is still missing (gh, DXLD) ** MICRONESIA. I see at publicradiofan.com that four stations here are now webcasting. At last some .fm`s that really are in the FSM even if they are on AM! http://www.fm/kosrae/radio.htm http://www.fm/pohnpei/radio.htm http://www.fm/chuuk/radio.htm http://www.fm/yap/radio.htm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. DX-ing in Norway can be divided into 2 groups, DXing on Medium Wave or DXing on Shortwave. During the winter-months (October to March) the big thing on MW is getting the North American stations, and because the north of Norway has the ``Midnight Sun`` in the summer, you have the ``midnight darkness`` [you mean ``noontime darkness`` -- gh] in the winter, no daylight at all (!!!) giving a very good opportunity to catch the low power MW stations in North America as well as MW stations in Pacific and Asia. Believe it or not, so far, NOBODY in Norway has yet verified a NZ MW station, although some have QSLs from Fiji, Tonga and Australia. So getting a NZ station will be high on the agenda for the yearly MW- expedition to ``Berlevåg/Kongsfjord`` held in October/November. That`s where Bjarne Melde lives – the World`s ``Northernmost DXer``. At this location DXers have the opportunity to erect longwire antennas 200 to 600 metres in any direction they want to pick up ``that station`` in ``that direction``!! For those who are interested, information about Bjarne and much more about these DXpeditions can be found on his website: http://www.kongsfjord.no and also at Bjarne`s web log: http://www.mjelde.blogspot.com (Terry Nielsen, Aug NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 1650, USA, KWHN, Fort Smith AR with ABC News 0603, then weather and ident for ``Newstalk 16-50 KWHN`` and ``Good Morning Oklahoma, this is George Noorie, Coast to Coast AM on KWHN.`` 22/7. BCM (Bryan Clark`s Mangawhai (Northland) Logbook with AOR7030+ and 185 metre BOG (Beverage on Ground) aiming northeast, Aug NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. Re 5-136, I meant to look further into KRVT 1270 Claremore a.k.a. Tulsa; do they webcast? Apparently not, and website http://www.krvt.com is rather rudimentary, lacking even a complete program schedule, just this on their whatsnew page [CDT = UT -5]: What's New on the River? Ross Adkins is back! Ross has been in Baghdad for the past several months. Listen to Swingtime every Saturday morning from 8-noon. Noon Time Swingtime Joe Riddle plays Tulsa's favorites Monday through Thursday at noon. It's Tulsa's best music. Call Joe at 496-7700. 5 o'clock Jump Getting your kicks on route 66? Odds are pretty good that a bunch of us are traveling the Mother Road every day at 5. We play your favorites to make the drive home easier. Call 496-7700 and we'll play your favorite song. Ole Time Radio Ranch Every Friday at noon and again on Saturday at 7 a.m., you'll hear Sam Jones, Sonny Gray and the area's best musicians on the OTRR. Great music, progressive talk and Bernard, the French Cowboy. Construction Update August 1, 2005. Work continues on the new KRVT site. The benefit to our listeners is a stronger signal, especially at night. When the facilities are completed, Tulsa will enjoy solid nighttime coverage (via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7120, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby, 0855- 0910, August 07, English, long religious talk by male, short announcement by female, song by female at 0858, ID by male, songs, 15441 (Arnaldo Slaen, with Hector Goyena, Enrique Wembagher & Gerardo Choren, two Sony ICF2010, a Sony SW55 & a Lowe HF150, DX Camp in Chascomus, 115 km south/east of Buenos Aires city, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) ** PARAGUAY. 9736.9v, R. Nacional del Paraguay, Aug 14, 0010-0033 & 0327-0431, Spanish ballads, phone-in segments, many IDs, fair-good (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340, with T2FD antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 3329.8, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 0030+, August 07, Spanish, Greetings and ID as: "saludos para nuestros amigos oyentes que nos siguen en Ondas del Huallaga", 24442. 4955, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 0935+, August 07, Spanish, program made Voz Cristiana, 25442. 5460.3, Radio Bolívar, La Libertad, 2317+, August 06, Spanish, short announcement by male, Tecnocumbias, 24442. 5939.2, Radio Melodía, Arequipa, 2350+. August 06, Spanish, Program: "Melodia en los Deportes", football match transmisión: Atlético Universidad vs Universitario de Deportes. From Arequipa. Announcement & ID as: "Buenas noches, para todos los oyentes de Radio Melodía", 34443 [sports aren`t very melodious --- gh] 6173.7, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 2328+, August 06, Quechua, local ads in Quechua by female, 33433. 6188, Radio Oriente, Yurimaguas (tentative), 1106+, August 07, tecnocumbias non stop, 25442. 6193.3, Radio Cusco, Cusco, 2321+, August 06, Spanish/Quechua, very nice huaynos, TC, ID as: "en cada lugar, para informar a Calca, a Paucartambo, a... Radio Cusco.", 24432. 6520.4, Radio Paucartambo, Paucartambo, 2150+, August 06, Spanish, football match transmission from Monumental Stadium, 25442. 6819.2, La Voz de las Huarinjas, Huancabamba, 2302+, August 05, Spanish, tecnocumbias, short announcement by male, 24432 (Arnaldo Slaen, with Hector Goyena, Enrique Wembagher & Gerardo Choren, two Sony ICF2010, a Sony SW55 & a Lowe HF150, DX Camp in Chascomus, 115 km south/east of Buenos Aires city, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) ** PERU. 4886.6, R. Virgen del Carmen (Presumed), Aug 13, 1136-1151, non-stop religious service and singing, fair-poor (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340, with T2FD antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 12065.0, R. Pacific Ocean, Aug 14, *0835-0900*, chimes IS, ID, usual Russian programming, some nice Russian songs, sign-off announcement, followed by a song in English (Elvis, with ``A Thing Called Love``) till off in mid-song, good (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340, with T2FD antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA. 6960, Radio Shabele, Mogadishu, 2047-2100, August 06, Vernacular, very log talk by male in vernacular, short music at 2057 UT, Koran and sign-off at 2100. 25442. In moments, the QSA was 3. This is my best log from Chascomus in the last three years!!!! (Arnaldo Slaen, with Hector Goyena, Enrique Wembagher & Gerardo Choren, two Sony ICF2010, a Sony SW55 & a Lowe HF150, DX Camp in Chascomus, 115 km south/east of Buenos Aires city, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) ** SOMALIA [non]. Radio Waaberi, (Fri 1330-1400 17550 kHz in Somali) sent me an E-mail "thanks" letter from Mr. Ali Gulaid, president for my reception report to info @ RadioWaaberi.org only after 2.5 hours (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. 4750, R. Peace, same-day E-mail from pete @ edmedia.org for follow-up to unanswered postal report originally mailed to Persecution Project in Culpeper, VA in April 2004: ``Jerry. Please consider your monitoring of Radio Peace VERIFIED. Sorry we don`t have QSL cards available yet. I hope this can suffice. You might be interested in our second transmission over 5895 kHz at about the same time of day as 4750. One English program followed by two Arabic programs is what we present for now for one hour on 5895 kHz at 6 am & 8 pm local time. Thanks for monitoring. All the best! Pete Stover.`` (Jerry Berg, MA, NEW ZEALAND DX TIMES PAGE 19 AUGUST 2005 via DXLD) i.e. 0300 & 1700 UT ** SUDAN. 7200, R. Omdurman, *0300-0326, August 8, Arabic, Chanting/ drums at sign-on. Brief HoA music and YL with ID. News mentioning "Republic of Sudan" at 0306 when news ended. Various announcers with talks over and between music until 0320 then fanfare followed by phone interview. Fair/good (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R75, 200' Beverage antennas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SYRIA [non]. CLANDESTINE --- A letter sent to Radio Free Syria, c/o Reform Party of Syria, P. O. Box 59730, Potomac, MD 20859 was returned after three months labeled ``Return to Sender, Not Deliverable as Addressed, Unable to Forward.`` Any ideas? I have had letters returned to me from all parts of the globe because of ``bad addresses`` but usually in less time than this letter to Maryland (Richard A. D`Angelo, Wyomissing PA, Aug NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** TURKEY. Osman Dilekci wrote on behalf of the TRT ("Voice of Turkey") Director General External Service: "We would like to express our happiness over the close interest you have shown in our radio station and broadcasts and consider it an obligation to sincerely thank you with a diploma enclosed in this letter." Enclosed is the Diploma no. 00237 dated 19.04.2005. Frankly, I would rather have received the requested three QSL cards with complete reception details for three reports to the English Section since June 2004. The good news is that - after my many letters with detailed description of what a proper verification needs - QSL cards with complete details can now be obtained from: "La Voix de la Turquie", Programme Français: "Carte de Confirmation" will be issued on request with all details including "Emetteur". "Stimme der Türkei", Deutsches Programm: "Besttigungskarte" will be issued on request with all details including "Senderstandort". This all means that both the French Section and the German Section give the time now with time zone and also give the transmitter site (Emirler or Çakirlar). Hopefully the English Section will be convinced soon that their most beautiful QSLs are worthless if they do not include the correct and complete reception data (Günter Jacob, Germany, Aug NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. Finally updated Aug 13 with lots of new material, the cheeky http://www.kimandrewelliott.com (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) e.g.: ** U S A. NEW: IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, FIX IT. Four new programs for VOA Hausa, which has one of VOA's largest audiences: Hausa Political Crossfire, Listener`s Mail, Africa in the U.S. Press, and Press Review. VOA Press Release, 1 August 2005. They didn't already broadcast such programs, staples of international broadcasting? A PRIVATE (AND CONTRARIAN?) VOICE OF AMERICA. International Media Division of the World Security Institute (they might want to consider a snappier name) uses Russian, Chinese, etc. journalists to explain America to Russia, China, etc. Claims to reach 300 million a week in China. Washington Post, 5 August 2005: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080402176.html See International Media Division website, which looks to be active in Russian, Chinese, Arabic, and Persian. http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org/Internationalmedia.htm (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** U S A. Back on October 15 2004, Jennifer Ellis, Board Operations Manager at WBCQ, wrote: "I just wanted to let you know that we did receive your request, and that I am working on preparing for you our verification of it. I wanted to include a couple of WBCQ-related items with your QSL to try and make up for the five years you've been waiting for a response (sorry !). So just hold tight a little bit longer and that will be coming to you via the mail very soon." Anyway, as at July 26, 2005, nothing has arrived. However, I would prefer to receive the requested 3 verification cards for the 3 detailed reception reports sent to WBCQ since July 1999! (Günter Jacob, Germany, Aug NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** U S A. WBCQ Sked Notes --- These are not reflected in the latest on-line WBCQ sked dated Aug. 10: On 8/8/05 UT SUN 0300 on 9330: WoR was on as scheduled, but then it was followed by the start of a repeat of the then-latest WoR Extra which was abruptly cut off at 0336 and a WBCQ sign-off followed. On 8/9/05 UT TUES 0400 on 7415: The "Financial Survival" program was allowed to run over, and the audio at that time consisted of someone telling a rather interesting joke. Instead of listening to what was being aired and cutting it off *after* the joke was completed (since it was already running late anyway), it was then chopped off abruptly in mid-word and "Amos & Andy" begun. Then THAT was allowed to run over and another episode started and THAT was cut off abruptly at 0419. "Herald of Truth" followed normally. UT WED 2100 on 7415: This has been "Undercover Radio" instead of "Allan Weiner WorldWide" on both 8/3/05 and 8/10/05. UT THU 1550 tune-in on 17495: The sked doesn't show anything until "Global Spirit" at 1700, but "Good Friends Radio" was on this freq an hour+ before then on this day. I suggest that people who remember to check this and have the mid-day opportunity to do so see if there is more regular broadcasting on 17495 in the daytime than is indicated in the sked. Note that this frequency IS shown in the Monitoring Times frequency list as being on-air for WBCQ during these hours; maybe that is just due to their having registered it for possible use? (Do they have to pay the FCC that per-hour charge for registered hours they do NOT actually broadcast during?) [Bro. Scare was on 17495 for a few hours in the morning until recently --- gh] An interesting note on this: 17495 was definitely on Lower SideBand during this -- I checked repeatedly. Can they switch from CUSB to CLSB easily simply by flicking a control on the transmitter? Is there an advantage to one or the other, other than if there is an interfering signal one channel up or down to step away from? On UT THU 8/11/05 during the 2100 hour, Good Friends Radio is listed in the schedule as being on all 3 frequencies: 17495, 9330, & 7415. I just found it interesting that these three were NOT parallel; there were three different programs on simultaneously. In case anyone is interested, "Stardate" was on 7415 at about 2135. On UT FRI 2300 8/12/05 on 9330: Christian Media Network was on instead of the listed "Good Friends" On UT SUN 0300 8/14/05 on 9330: Instead of gh's World of Radio, all I heard was music. WoR might have been on later but there were local storms so I had poor reception and wasn't using an external antenna. Note from Allan Weiner WorldWide Friday night (UT SAT 0000 8/13/05): Allan is trying to get some sponsorship for late-night broadcasts of left-wing political programming aimed at Central, Mountain, & Pacific time-zone listeners on 7415. Do the propagation experts in these groups think that this is a viable plan from a coverage/reception standpoint? (I figure it is wildly unrealistic from a financial standpoint, but that's another issue! :-) He specifically wants to get some overnight use of the transmitters that now go off-air at 0430 UT. Would 9330 be a better choice? 73, (Will Martin, MO, Aug 14, dxldyg via DXLD) Will, I live in Ohio but spend a lot of time on business in Arizona on the border. I have a lot of trouble getting 7415 there with a Sony 7600gr with an AN-LP1 antenna. I am out of a hotel room but have tried down by the pool without success either. I was in El Paso last week and had 7415 come in very well in the hotel. I will try the 9330 when I return to Nogales tomorrow and let you know! Best Regards, (Chris Campbell, Columbus, Ohio, swprograms via DXLD) ** U S A. North Dakota has been one of the last holdout states lacking public radio streaming, but now it has started! See http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ndpr/ppr/index.shtml and its schedule: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ndpr-kfjm/guide.guidemain?t=1&action=viewFutureGuide&month=7&day=14&year=2005 This is for KFJM, with a jazz/folk/AAA format. The NDPR network all over the state, has separate programming. The western service: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ndpr/guide.guidemain A slightly different schedule for a couple stations in the east: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ndpr-kdsu/guide.guidemain which is apparently identical to a separately linked sked for KDSU But both include the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Sundays 11 am [1600 UT] -- - apparently all times are CDT even tho half of ND is on MDT. The trouble is, only KFJM is wecasting, so far. Anyhow, gain some, lose some, as have not been getting connected to South Dakota Public Radio lately, at a new URL: http://www.sdpb.org/ And a year or two ago we lost Nebraska public radio webcasts. Another Thomas Jefferson Hour affiliate, WVRU at Radford Univ in VA, has disappeared from its website http://www.wvru.org Maybe just a summer breakdown? It used to be at 2300 UT Thursdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, Aug 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. That part 15(?) carrier current? Station at ASU in Tempe AZ KASC has a streaming website http://www.theblaze1260.com/ including: August 03, 2005 --- After these messages...we'll be right back! Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that we'll be gearing up for the new year from August 6th until August 15th. Then we'll be ready to rock the Fall '05 semester and welcome everyone back to ASU! In the meantime, we have Lassie the Wonder Dog in-studio to keep things going, so make sure you stay tuned. Posted by tony at 08:29 PM Also with a Fall 2005 rudimentary schedule grid. Typical student station with nothing visibly serious in programming. Found tnx to a NEW listing at http://www.current.org/stream/index.shtml (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 106.3 MHZ "RADIOACTIVITY" PIRATE IN SAN DIEGO GOES DARK San Diego's "other" pirate radio station, known as "Radioactivity," reportedly voluntarily went dark soon after the 96.9 MHz pirate was raided by the FCC (see CGC #698). Apparently the FCC posted a notice on Radioactivity's premises - presumably a "get off the air or we'll pay you a visit" missive, and the pirate took the hint (THE CGC COMMUNICATOR CGC #700 Monday, August 15, 2005, Robert F. Gonsett, W6VR, Editor, via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. Reference the items on the Cardinals moving from KMOX to KTRS for radio coverage of their games: What I find most interesting about this as a radio enthusiast is how much this suddenly brought radio to the fore in the local St. Louis media. The Post-Dispatch usually ignored radio, but there have been tons of front-page articles on this in recent weeks, with color coverage maps, assigning reporters to drive around judging the relative signal strength of these stations, discussing the concept of "clear-channel" stations and how that changed over the years, etc. I care not at all about baseball, but seeing all these people suddenly start talking and thinking about radio is fascinating. Up till now, the main references to radio in the paper have been when this or that DJ/shock jock did something offensive or considered outrageous, but it was never about the concept of radio itself. Now it is. 73, (Will Martin, MO, Aug 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1610, UNID 08/07 0405 [UT? CDT? EDT?] Woman announcer with partial ID as Radio 1610 and or Information radio. Seemed to asking for others to join as announcers. Got a partial phone number as 299- ???? (BCB DX LOGGINGS FROM SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA DX'ING FROM WINNIPEG MB, amfmtvdx at qth.net via DXLD) Shawn, I've been hearing the same station for the last week or so. I heard them use the phrase "Information Radio 1610" and I did a Google search and found... http://www.bearcat1.com/study.htm Their phone number is 937-299-7226. The call is not on the web site, but did a little searching at the FCC and found that it is WPVW207 and is licensed to Harrison Township Fire Department. It is located in Kettering Ohio, I believe it is a suburb of Dayton. You can also listen online http://www.bearcat1.com/inforadio.asx (Pete Dernbach, St. Louis, MO, ibid.) Pete, Wow. Thanks VERY VERY much for this info. This is a new one for me. For a TIS they have quite the web site (Shawn, ibid.) Thank you very much, Pete. This TIS really is getting out! Information Radio 1610 ID noted here and partial phone number by same gal as online. The Chicago TIS's on 1610 are no bother on my E-W BOG and for a time the TIS was atop a low jumble of Toronto/others. Great catch at your distance, Shawn ! 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, Barrington IL, ibid.) 1610, WPVW207, OH, Kettering, 8-13 2154 CDT, P-F with Canadian QRM, Information Radio 1610 ID and spots and info for Kettering, Dayton, and Beavercreek. Mention of OH Dept of Transportation. New ! NK-IL (Neil Kazaross, IL, DX Mid-America via DXLD) ** U S A. Re 5-136: WGUL 860 AM, Tampa Area --- The following is a posting from a friend on another radio list: Did a little research and apparently WGUL at first was a strong supporter of IBOC, but --- well, I'll let the CEO of the late WGUL inc use his own words: [from Radio World Online]: "WGUL-FM, Inc. is the licensee of a number of stations, both AM and FM, in Florida. It has long been a supporter of IBOC, and has even offered its station WGUL-AM as a test site at its own expense. However, WGUL-FM, Inc fears that the future of IBOC digital is now being controlled by those who have no desire to see the AM band (and particularly smaller stations) succeed. ... "It should be troubling to all broadcasters of good faith that Ibiquity is guided by America's largest broadcasters, some of whom think it perfectly appropriate to own revenue shares of 95 percent in markets like Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla., and whose bulk of ownership come from FM stations and 50 kW AMs. Ibiquity is an FM-concentrated company at its core with no real incentive to pull AM stations into parity with FMs." Carl J. Marcocci, Chairman/CEO, The Gulf AM-FM Group WGUL-FM, Inc., Licensee, Tampa, Fla. (via Dick W., ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. CRECIMIENTO DE LAS EMISORAS DE RADIO Con el continuo crecimiento de población de los hispanos, el número de emisoras radiales con suficiente audiencia como para ser incluidas en la base de datos regional de Arbitron ha subido a su mayor nivel. Arbitron es uno de los principales proveedores de tasas de audiencia radial en Estados Unidos, donde hay unas 14.000 emisoras. Una progresión del crecimiento de las estaciones en español en los últimos años: _1998: 533 emisoras _1999: 569 emisoras _2000: 589 emisoras _2001: 619 emisoras _2002: 664 emisoras _2003: 645 emisoras _2004: 678 emisoras fuente: http://ar.news.yahoo.com/050805/4/jqxw.html (Via Gustavo Fernando Durán, Argentina, Conexión Digital Aug 14 via DXLD) In more detail below, including Denver consultant Mike Henry saying the number of Spanish radio stations in the US could double in two years, largely due to CC`s announced conversion plans. I`ve yet to hear of a single one with a cultural/classical format, tho they certainly exist in major Latin American cities (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DENVER (AP) - Mientras aguardaba el autobús en una tarde tórrida de Denver, Chez Aguinaldo disfrutaba el ritmo sincopado de una canción en español que reverberaba en su radio portátil. Había sintonizado un nuevo formato que la gigantesca cadena radial Clear Channel Communications Inc. llama "Hurban", por su mezcla de rap y música urbana con ritmo latino y sabor hispano. El lema de Clear Channel para sus nuevas emisoras Hurban es "Latino y orgulloso", algo que tiene resonancia para Aguinaldo. "Es en inglés y en español, como debe ser", afirmó. El inglés sigue siendo el idioma predilecto para la mayoría de las casi 14.000 emisoras radiales de la nación, pero la creciente población hispana está promoviendo un cambio notable: la radio en idioma español está más fuerte que nunca, con por lo menos 678 emisoras en Estados Unidos, según Arbitron. "Ese número podría duplicarse en dos años", anticipó Mike Henry, un asesor de radio con sede en Denver. En el 2000, el censo contó 35,6 millones de hispanos, que para este año habían aumentado a 41,3 millones. Algunas zonas, especialmente en el sur, están experimentando aumentos del 300%. "Cuando la población sobrepasa los 40 millones, la gente lo advierte, incluyendo publicistas y comunicadores", dijo Alfredo Alonso, un dirigente de Clear Channel contratado para convertir 20 a 25 de sus 1.200 emisoras en inglés a formatos en español. Univision Communications Inc., con sede en Los Angeles, la primera televisora en español del país, pasó a ser en el 2003 la primera emisora radial en español con la adquisición de las 65 estaciones de Hispanic Broadcasting Co. de Dallas. Aparte del ingreso de Clear Channel a las transmisiones en español --- era propietaria de un tercio de Hispanic Broadcasting Co. ---, ABC Radio Networks anunció en febrero la formación de la Hispanic Advantage Network, que distribuirá programas, cobertura de béisbol profesional y ESPN Deportes, la versión en español de ESPN. "Fue un toque de atención", dijo sobre las cifras del censo Ellen Neuborne, directora de la revista de la industria Marketing To The Emerging Majorities. Acotó que antes del 2000, muchas compañías habían subestimado el mercado hispano. "Ahora tienen los números como para tener en claro el negocio. No es simplemente una teoría. Uno puede contarlos y allí están", afirmó. Clear Channel, con sede en San Antonio, recientemente convertió emisoras radiales en inglés al formato Hurban en Albuquerque (Nuevo México), Atlanta, Denver, Houston y Miami. En otras ciudades, el giro de Clear Channel ha sido a formatos más tradicionales como el regional mexicano, que incluye una mezcla de música de mariachi, romántica, tropical o contemporánea, con éxitos hispanos. Aunque Los Ángeles, Nueva York y Miami han tenido desde hace tiempo numerosas poblaciones hispanas y radios en español para servirlas, otros sitios como Charlotte (Carolina del Norte), el área de Kansas City y Providence (Rhode Island) se encuentran ahora entre los 50 principales mercados para la radio hispana, lo que refleja una tendencia nacional de migración a las zonas fuera del sudoeste y de las grandes ciudades de la costa este. La emisora Hurban de Atlanta es la radio de mejor rendimiento de Clear Channel en el área, dijo Alonso. Y en algunos mercados, la radio en español supera a todas las demás en el número de oyentes para algunos grupos demográficos durante la hora de mayor tránsito matutino. La emisora WSKQ-FM de Nueva York, por ejemplo, en un momento de este año alcanzó el primer puesto para jovencitos de 12 años en adelante, mientras que KLVE-FM y KSBA-FM estuvieron primeras en los grupos de 25-54 años, según Arbitron. En Denver, KBNO-AM ha estado en primer lugar desde octubre en la categoría de 18-34 durante la hora de mayor tránsito por la mañana. No todos coinciden en que la radio en español supera las de rock y "country" (música rural), aduciendo que el método de recolección de datos de grupos étnicos no es preciso debido a que las muestras han sido tradicionalmente reducidas. Henry y otros dijeron que la metodología de las encuestas está mejorando. Jeff Liberman, presidente de la división de radio de Entravision Communication Corp., ha operado durante años fuera de los grandes centros de población. La compañía es propietaria de emisoras en 20 de los principales 50 mercados hispanos, pero también transmite a mercados más reducidos como El Paso y McAllen (Texas), ciudades cerca de grandes comunidades tras la frontera en México. Liberman también trabajó en lo que consideró una de las primeras emisoras en español de la nación en FM, KLVE. "La mayoría pensaba que mi familia estaba loca", dijo cuando la emisora salió al aire en 1975. "En ese entonces la preocupación era que muchos de la audiencia a la que nos dirigíamos no tenían radios de FM para recibir la señal". La estación sobrevivió y otras están apareciendo en el dial de FM a medida que los hispanos se tornan más prósperos. Los cálculos sobre el poder adquisitivo de los hispanos rondan ahora en los 630.000 millones de dólares, casi el triple a los 233.000 millones en 1990, y se anticipa que subirá a los 926.000 millones en el 2007, según la firma de comercialización Heinrich Hispanidad, con sede en Denver. "Ese siempre ha sido el origen de las estaciones en español", dijo Alonso. "Solían estar en el extremo de la banda de AM, pero ahora se pueden ir de un AM marginal a una AM mejor, o a una emisora de FM". Mientras la población hispana representa ahora casi el 14% de la población en Estados Unidos, los gastos de las compañías que intentan acceder a este mercado equivalen sólo al 3,2% de la inversión total en publicidad, según la Asociación de Agencias Publicitarias Hispanas. La iniciativa y la esperanza de los comunicadores radiales es que los presupuestos publicitarios igualen pronto el porcentaje de la población. "No estamos ni siquiera cerca", observó Liberman. La emisora KBNO de Denver ``Qué bueno`` ejecuta música de bandas desconocidas para el estadounidense típico: Grupo Montez de Durango, Conjunto Primavera, Los Tigres del Norte. El vicepresidente de la emisora, Mike Ferrufino, también ofrece un programa de consejos para los consumidores y otro que invita a los oyentes a transmitir sus propios avisos clasificados. "Nuestra fuerza es nuestra localización, servicio comunitario y participación comunitaria", dice Ferrufino. "Hay una escasez de acceso informativo a los hispanohablantes y nosotros suministramos información". Aunque la localización es clave, KBNO ha alcanzado su primer puesto matutino con la ayuda del programa "Piolín por la mañana" producido en Los Angeles, que también tiene gran audiencia en otros mercados donde es distribuido. Eddie Sotelo, alias Piolín, entretiene a los oyentes con chistes y participación de la audiencia. Los expertos dicen que la radio en español, hasta ahora, había carecido de competencia en Estados Unidos. "Lo considero positivo en el hecho de que el mercado está creciendo", comentó Ferrufino. "Creo que la gente sólo se está familiarizando más con el poderío del mercado hispano, ya sea política o económicamente. La competencia nos ayudará a mejorar". (fuente: http://ar.news.yahoo.com/050805/4/jqxu.html via Gustavo Fernando Durán, Argentina, ibid.) ** U S A. Jean Shepherd will be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in November. Read all about it and his home town in the following article: http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2005/08/09/news/top_news/56fc6c74aa213693862570580004b358.txt (Joe Buch, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) Very local angle from Hammond IN, not some other Times (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. NIGHTLINE FINDS NEVERLAND http://www.observer.com/themediamob/2005/07/nightline-finds-neverland.html [plus a press release confirming this] The Observer learned last night that the next executive producer of ABC News' Nightline will be James Goldston, the British television journalist best known for having edited Martin Bashir`s famously discomfiting Michael Jackson documentary, according to sources directly familiar with Goldston’s contract negotiations. Goldston, currently a senior producer of primetime specials and investigative reports for ABC News, inked the deal with the network yesterday afternoon, the sources said. Goldston will take over for Tom Bettag -- Nightline's longtime executive producer and a close friend of anchor Ted Koppel -- who plans to step down when Koppel does, this coming December. The two announced their ``suicide pact`` this spring, after years of tense relations with the network stemming from ABC's aggressive and unsuccessful 2002 bid to lure David Letterman to the 11:35 time slot Nightline has held for 25 years. Goldston's top competition for the post was Sara Just, the current second-in-command at Nightline, who was said to be the preferred candidate among the show’s tight-knit staff. Just traveled to New York for a meeting this morning with ABC brass. ABC plans for her to continue to work as managing senior producer of the show at least through the December transition, an ABC source said. Since Koppel and Bettag announced their intention to leave, the Alphabet network has been experimenting with new formats for Nightline, the storied half-hour, single-topic program that has won every major journalism award more than once, including eight Peabodys, twelve duPont-Columbia awards, and scores of Emmys. Just has overseen the experimentation, trying out multi-topic and multi-anchor shows on Koppel's two nights off each week. The shows have featured fill-in anchors Chris Bury, Jake Tapper, Bill Weir and Cynthia McFadden, among others. Segments have included a homage to still-not-retired 46-year-old baseball legend Rickey Henderson, narrated by ESPN's Jeremy Schaap, and a much-buzzed about alternative-format edition shot in New York, on a stage that resembled a jazz club, with a smoke machine and small tables and chairs for the audience. Goldston is scheduled to take over the experimental programming in two weeks, according to a newtwork source. In response to public speculation about what will become of Nightline, which began as a 20-minute show called ``America Held Hostage`` during the 1979-80 Iran hostage crisis, ABC News executives have said repeatedly that no matter what happens to the format after the old guard leaves, the show will retain its basic DNA: same in-depth interviews. Same moody gravitas. Same set; same staff; same city. But Goldston’s appointment over Just -- a long-time staffer with a flawless Nightline pedigree -- makes those assurances somewhat less reassuring. Despite an accomplished career abroad, including a long stint with the British television network ITV, where he produced the popular Iraq war news show "Shock and Awe," Goldston is still an outsider, assigned to lead a close-knit group that is often accused of elitism and clubbiness by others at the network. He lives in New York, and Nightline is shot in Washington. Bettag originally did the executive producer job from New York as well, but the news has only fueled insider speculation that the network has plans to move Nightline to its New York studios, where executives can keep a closer eye on the staff. Goldston’s appointment also raises the possibility that Bashir, who works as a correspondent for ABC News, might join his old friend on Nightline. Producers have auditioned a rotating docket of talent on Koppel`s off-nights but have not settled on a new anchor or anchors, and Bashir could be a promising candidate. His documentary ``Living with Michael Jackson`` was originally produced for ITV in 2003. It aired on ABC that same year and drew more than 27 million viewers. That program, in which Jackson extolled the virtues of sharing his bed with little boys, became not-damning-enough evidence at the heart of Mr. Jackson’s second child molestation trial, at which Mr. Bashir testified and which concluded earlier this year. Thus the new Ted Koppel could be the man who helped sear an image of the King of Pop's bedtime habits into the American brain. Still, for Nightline fans who wish the show would stay the same, the results could have been worse -- a lot worse. The appointment of Goldston should at least quell persistent rumors that ABC might bring in Ellen DeGeneres or Chris Rock to replace Koppel and make a go of taking on Jay Leno and Letterman. It also should at least forestall the efforts of ABC’s sports and entertainment divisions, both of which had been working up proposals for what they would do with the coveted late-night time period. And if nothing else, beleaguered Jimmy Kimmel—the recipient of Nightline's lead-in, who must by now have developed a nervous tic for all the rumors of his show’s imminent cancellation or exile to a wee- hours time slot—can breathe a little easier. For the time being (Rebecca Dana, Media Mob, NY Observer via DXLD) ** U S A. MICHAEL K. POWELL’S GOLDEN REVOLVING DOOR --- Announcement that Michael K. Powell has become a ``Senior Advisor`` at Providence Equity Partners is evidence once again that the ``revolving door`` between the FCC and the very industries it oversees should be slammed shut. . . http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/606 (via gh, DXLD) ** VATICAN [and non]. Hi Glenn, re 4005, ``A switchover at 0345 seems unlikely in the middle of the Hungarian program.`` What do you mean? The switchover is marked to happen at 0400, not 0345. And yes, between 0225-0400 the site should be smg, not vat. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I was referring to the previous report of a heterodyne on 4005 at 0345, which could have been caused by overlapping transmitters at the switch; apparently not. OTOH, the Vat transmitter might have been first turned on then to warm up even without modulation (gh, DXLD) ** VENEZUELA [non]. Checking this Sunday Aug 14 for ``Aló, Presidente`` via Cuba, at 1400 nothing found on any of the usual frequencies. At 1415 an open carrier on 13680, and modulation from 1420 with RHC`s usual week-in-review show not // 9550, 11760, 11800, 12000. Then heard the Venezuelan service // on 11670, 11875; a slow SAH was on 17750 with WYFR, so thought it might be there as well as the other WYFR collision 11670; but at 1425 found 13750 also on this, much too close to the squealing CRI relay via Cuba on 13740, which was interfering with it; different sites in Cuba? Maybe not, as they were producing a mixing product too on 13730. RHC normally has enough sense not to put two transmitters only 10 kHz apart, even those involving jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. Dear Mr. Cattermole: We receive a forwarding of your message from Viet Tide Magazine, our associated and sister company of Little Saigon Radio. Thank you for your report on the reception of Little Saigon Radio program on 7380 kHz. The broadcast is in Vietnamese from Little Saigon Radio, California, USA to Vietnam. Your request for QSL card will be sent to you provided that we have your report and your mailing address. Please forward them to us by replying this email. Thank you for your interest in monitoring our broadcast. Sincerely, Joe Dinh, Technical Director, Little Saigon Radio, 15781 Brookhurst St. - Suite 101 Westminster, CA 92683, USA, (714) 918-4444 Website: http://www.littlesaigonradio.com (via Ian Cattermole, NZ, Aug 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Note. I haven't sent in a reception report as such yet. I have heard them weakly and merely e-mailed Viet Tide for a contact address as their website offers nothing in that direction, in fact SW not mentioned (Ian Cattermole, New Zealand, Aug 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. This last Friday morning, 12 August 2005, I was monitoring 1620 kc. I heard a women with a British accent reading the news. The signal faded and the Pensecola station came in on top of the unIDed station. Last night, 14 August 2005, at 0100 [EDT? = 0500 UT] I heard this unID station again. This time with a weather report on Tropical strom Irene. This a very detailed report, more than a local station hear in the south might give. Detaileds weather report for St. Thomas, St. Croix and other Islands in the eastern Carribean. I have not heard a postive ID, at least not yet. QUESTION: Is it possible I heard the 1620 station in the Virgin Islands? (Willis, WB5KHD, Monk, Old Fort, TN, NRC-AM via DXLD) It was most likely WDHP 1620 St Croix (Paul Walker, FL, ibid.) Hi Willis: It sounds like you have them (WDHP). They are fairly easy here in Maryland, especially in auroral conditions (Bill Harms, Elkridge, Maryland, ibid.) Most likely them. They realy get out. A regular here in N.H. starting in Sept. I only heard an ID once & they play all sorts of formats. I think they use BBC news also. 73 (Tom Jones, Mason N.H., ibid.) Wha---? WTAW on 1620 at College Station, Texas is actually letting other 1620 signals come through on skywave? I've seen it all now... ha ha (Ron Gitschier, Palm Coast, FL, ibid.) When you sit in the VI running full power [10 kW instead of 1 kW] around the clock things like that happen (Jerry Kiefer, FL/DR, ibid.) Probably them Willis. I think on Sunday night, they play OLD Country Western music. Something else to listen for, but it sounds like that is what you heard (Juan Gualda, Ft. Pierce, FL, ibid.) Thanks to Paul, Saul and Juan for their help. Now, all I need is a positive ID, so I can count it (Willis Monk, ibid.) Willis, WDHP-1620 is a regular here and gives many IDs. You should have no trouble hearing one. Usually the dominant station on this frequency (Ben Dangerfield, Wallingford, PA [SE cor Pa], ibid.) Yes, they do ID and sometimes if you're lucky you'll hear their 103.5 and original 1290 WRRA ID all blended in. Is WRRA 1290 still on or is it time to turn that license in for getting the 10 kW 1620 assignment. I've listened in on WDHP's local signal for hours on end - daytime on the sea I've followed thier signal southerly across the great Caribbean Sea to Aruba on my Walkman recorder, unaided but for the internal ferrite rod antenna that can't be a heck of a lot more than one inch long. Fortunately, I've made it out of Aruba and its neighbor Islands (A.B.C. islands) with my life each time. |sarcastic mode|. (Ron Gitschier, FL, ibid.) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. CLANDESTINE: 7459.9, Radiodif. Rep. Arab Saharaui, 2203+, August 06, Arabic, news by male, 24442 (Arnaldo Slaen, with Hector Goyena, Enrique Wembagher & Gerardo Choren, two Sony ICF2010, a Sony SW55 & a Lowe HF150, DX Camp in Chascomus, 115 km south/east of Buenos Aires city, Argentina, HCDX via DXLD) 7460, Radio Nacional de la República Árabe Saharahui Democrática, 2228-2359+, 5 Agosto, programa en árabe con referencias a la zona del Magreb. A las 2300 en español, ID "Radio Nacional Saharahui, voz del pueblo saharahui", mencionaba luego las frecuencias. A 2311 "Nuestra Historia". A las 2359 c/t [cierre de transmisiones] con himno nacional y luego a las 0001 del 6/8 no había ya ninguna señal en el aire (Héctor Álvaro Gutiérrez, Perú, Conexión Digital Aug 14 via DXLD) ** ZANZIBAR. Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar 11735 at tune in 1700 Aug 14 with news in language(?) [Swahili reported] with many mentions of Dar es Salaam. Probably news datelines. At 1715 definite ID for Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam. Listening to 1800 when they went into English news after time pips. ID as Radio Spice-FM. The news featured items from Zanzibar, followed by African news and then World news. The main headlines were repeated at 1809 and they returned to language at 1810. Tremendous signal, 454. HUGE signal this morning and continues past 1820. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Solar-terrestrial indices for 13 August follow. Solar flux 75 and mid- latitude A-index 15. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 14 August was 2 (15 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SEC via DXLD) ** ZIMBABWE. 6612.0, R. Zimbabwe (Presumed), Aug 14, 0435-0502, woman talking in African language over background African music, played one African pop song in English (``We Love You``), ToH drums, fair-poor, heard no ID. Especially good night for Africa (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, RX340, with T2FD antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. Re V. of People on 6600: ``?? Since when has VOP been on 6600? But that would certainly explain ZBC`s presence there (gh)`` He must be referring to the Korean clandestine with the same name, see WRTH 2005, p. 582. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOP jamming continues --- Hi Glenn, 7120, 1700-1800, 14 Aug, Voice of the People [to Zimbabwe] jammed effectively by the Zimbabwean government (David Pringle-Wood, Harare, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also: UNIDENTIFIED. Right now (0435 UT Aug 14) I'm hearing an unidentified station on 6612 KC. It's playing Latin American music and has an OM announcer. I think the Language is Spanish, I can carry a basic conversation in Spanish, but this one's over my head. Some of the music sounds Cuban. I wondered if it was a Harmonic of a BCB station, but it's odd frequency of 6612 doesn't divide down evenly to a BCB channel! [Later:] Station on 6612 PARTIALLY identified --- Since much of the music sounded Cuban, I did some scouting around. This is apparently a mixing product of two transmitters at a Cuban transmitting site as the Music was definitely Radio Rebelde on 5025. I'm not sure what the other mixing product was from (I could hear two stations simultaneously at times). In Checking the "What's On Now" function in my logging program, Cuba has way too many transmitters running at the same time to check them all out! 73 de (Phil KO6BB Atchley, My DXing tools (RECEIVERS): Hammarlund SP-600 (Circa 1952) Heathkit Mohican (Circa 1962) Icom IC-751 (Circa 1986) Grundig S350 (Circa 2004) THE BEACONEER'S LAIR: http://www.geocities.com/ko6bb/ QSL GALLERY: http://photobucket.com/albums/y123/KO6BB/ Merced, Central California, 37.3N 120.48W CM97sh, swl at qth.net via DXLD) Phil, Glad to see you reporting again! More likely the 2nd harmonic of Zimbabwe 3306 as has been reported several times recently in DXLD, which you are welcome to consult. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Thank you Glenn, Actually, I determined the music was Radio Rebelde 5025. Anymore I just export my log to the SWLog community database. 73 de (Phil KO6BB Atchley, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Phil, In the meantime I saw that and many other logs from you at the SWLog community as I was going thru my bookmarks. Will have to check more often. http://www.shortwavelog.com/Community/WebForm1.aspx But this is really strange, as there have been a number of confirmed reports of Zimbabwe 2 x 3306 on 6612. Not exactly a frequency where you would expect to find one, let alone two broadcast stations... 73, (Glenn to Phil, via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ HISTORIC HALLIGAN AND RADIO MATERIAL NOW AVAILABLE From the HCI Web Master, Fred Mooney, KA1DGL: The link is now on the HCI web site. The link is under "new stuff" on the home page. The link there is entitled "Hallicrafters Memorabilia on DVD and CD for sale by W8DBF" This refers to the up coming digital video release of the live November 1983 exclusive video interview with William Halligan, Sr., W9AC as done by Dr. Max De Henseler, HB9RS. This is 'not' a history of the Hallicrafters company, rather a look at Bill Halligan the man, how he grew up with radio and how the two of them together, and separately, changed the world forever. A chance to hear Bill Halligan tell the story himself, unscripted, unedited and with plenty of Irish wit and charm at nearly eighty-five. A chance to hear actual history, not read about it third hand. Hear him, see him and enjoy him, as live as it gets in 2005. Full details of this absolutely unique video, and what else is on the digital video disk, and the two CD set, all totally different, how to get a limited edition certified copy of both and more. You can read about it all by clicking on the link from the HCI web site. This copyrighted material is being released by, and distributed by, Duane Fischer, W8DBF and is not the property of, or a function in any way of HCI: Hallicrafters Collectors International (via Duane Fischer, swl at qth.net via DXLD) Thanks to Duane Fischer, W8DBF of Flint MI for setting me on my quest to find my old WPE number from the 60s. After a long search I found it (WPE8KHZ). BTW Duane does two nets a week on the ham bands 40 meters on Saturday afternoon at 7280 LSB at 1700 UT; also on Sundays on 20 meters on 14292 at 1600 UT, the Hallicrafters net but everyone is welcome. Thanks & 73 (N8YI, TIM McGraw, Aug 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ MOVING ON UP FROM A TIMEKUBE Radio Australia nites on 15515 kHz. Using an IC703 and PAR EndFedZ end-fed 17M dipole, Australia arrives loudly night after night. Heard an Australian Rules football match the other night around 0500z. The 17 MHz signals, though, remain right at my local noise level. Been SWL since very young, and started with an odd radio -- the Radio Shack Timekube, crystal controlled for 5, 10 and 15 MHz. Not a lot of intriguing programming, with all the tones, time ticks, and weather reports -- but it certainly helped me learn about radio propagation! My best DX with the 'Kube were BPM, China, on 5 MHz -- LOL, Buenos Aires, Argentina -- and a detailed letter from ZUO, Olifontsfontein, South Africa. Will experiment with my VX5R Yaesu HT, along with an AOR Window Loop to see what SW broadcast DX I can dig up from a portable location away from the incessant noise at my apartment. The IC703 does have DSP, but it sometimes removes more voice than it does static, if I turn it up more than setting "5". So far, the Window Loop works extremely well with the IC703, despite the noise here. Some experimenters have set up CW beacons running about 100-200 milliwatts around 4096.5 kHz CW, and I can still hear the beeps and tones long after sunrise. When the New Mexico government contractor sent out the "Yosemite Sam" DSB beacon around February, I could hear it on 3700 kHz DSB all day long, with only a brief fade from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM. My friend, Bob, N7TWJ, with a low NVIS 80/40M dipole about four feet up could hear the "Sam" tape loop all day long, in comparison. Tried the 500ML longwave loop for the Window Loop, but it's far too small in pickup area to hear much more than regional LF beacons. With the addition of a Select-A-Tenna, it works a little better, but did not justify the $99 cost. The wire loop works much better from 3-32 MHz than the little ferrite loop for LW/MW. Been focussing on SW broadcast listening from 15-22 MHz, and will send my reports when I get something interesting. 73 (KB7AQD, Robert Homuth, Phoenix, AZ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING ++++++++++++++++++++ Re DRM, 5-136: My experience is different, DRM occupies much wider bandwidth than analog signal, it is very much like the traditional jammers in the 70's. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ABDX via DXLD) HOW SHOULD YOUR MULTICAST CALL SIGN LOOK ON AN HD RADIO DISPLAY? http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=7562 (THE CGC COMMUNICATOR CGC #700 Monday, August 15, 2005, Robert F. Gonsett, W6VR, Editor, via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ CONTRACT SIGNED TO ADVANCE BPL DEPLOYMENT IN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTIES - FURTHER INFORMATION --- San Diego Gas & Electric Company has contracted with Massachusetts-based Ambient Corporation to further the development of "broadband over powerline" (BPL) data services to be offered over the electrical distribution grid. The electric utility serves 3.3 million customers in San Diego and southern Orange County. http://tinyurl.com/cnqps http://www.ambientcorp.com/ (THE CGC COMMUNICATOR CGC #700 Monday, August 15, 2005, Robert F. Gonsett, W6VR, Editor, via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) BPL CONDEMNED IN AUSTRALIA The Australian Communications and Media Authority has now published the submissions received regarding the proposals to permit BPL in Australia. There are very many and they have been individually reproduced as PDF files. IMHO those I have read make fascinating reading, especially those from Telstra, the virtual monopoly in Australia of communications and also the ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The idea of using BPL is really savagely condemned - but in the most circumspect ways - and supported by technical assessments of noise generated and the projected effect on everything from users of ADSL, ADSL2, MF and HF radio, TV, cable TV etc. For anyone interested I advocate reading the ABC submission http://www.acma.gov.au/acmainterwr/_assets/main/lib100047/no247%20abc.pdf The summary page from the ACMA with links to all the submissions and other documents is at http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.2883838:STANDARD:258951057:pc=PC_2845 Regards (Morrison Hoyle, VK3BCY, Vic, Aug 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###